Real Madrid has asked FIFA to retract a statement made by Sepp Blatter about star striker Cristiano Ronaldo after the world governing body’s president
compared him to Barcelona striker Lionel Messi. Blatter described Messi as a “good boy” before going on to say: “one has more expenses for the hairdresser than the
other.” Blatter, who was speaking at Oxford union, concluded his comment by saying he preferred Messi of the two players.